Thomas Tupper

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name
Thomas Tupper
aka
[Capt. Thomas Tupper Jr.]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Probably a son of Thomas Tupper of Sandwich and a brother of Katherine (Tupper) Nye; captain and town clerk of Sandwich, who married Martha Mayhew, daughter of Gov. Thomas Mayhew, in 1661. In King Philip's War he probably sat on Sandwich's council of war, and he served on its committee of 1677 for the war's charges. He may have been the first Tupper missionary to the Indians. He died in 1706.
born
date
16 Jan [c. 1638]
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
note
The research gives the year only as "[c. 1638]".
died
date
26 Apr 1706
place
Sandwich, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
father
id
thomas-tupper-1578
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-sibert-ancestry]
mother
id
anne-tupper-1586
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-sibert-ancestry]
spouses
name
Martha Mayhew, daughter of Gov. Thomas Mayhew
married
date
27 Dec 1661
basis
documented
confidence
proven
basis
documented
confidence
proven

Thomas, probably a son of Thomas Tupper of Sandwich and a brother of Katherine (Tupper) Nye, married Martha, daughter of Gov. Thomas Mayhew, on 27 Dec 1661. He was captain and town clerk of Sandwich, and by Kardell's account he, not his father, was the first Tupper missionary to the Indians. His son Eldad, born on the last day of May 1675, was later pastor of the Indian church.

King Philip's War. In 1675 Sandwich voted that "Thos. Tupper, Hy. Dillingham, Stephen Skiff, and Joshua Borgis be of the Council of War from this time" (Freeman, History of Cape Cod 2:68); the Thomas Tupper named was probably he, since his father was then ninety-seven. On 2 Sept 1675 the colony's council of war condemned 57 Indians who had "lately come in to Sandwich in a submissiue way" to "ppetuall servitude" and ordered them sold (Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 5:174). His nephew Benjamin Nye was killed with Capt. Michael Pierce on 26 Mar 1676 (see Benjamin Nye), and two days later his father died; as clerk, Thomas entered the death. On 30 June 1677 "Rd. Bourne, Thos. Tupper, and Stephen Skiff were app. 'to take account of what ought justly to be satisfied for in reference to the war that hath already been'" (HCC 2:71), very probably he.

He died at Sandwich on 26 Apr 1706. His will, proved 20 May 1706, was witnessed by "Mathias Ellis Senr" and William Bassett.

Open questions

  • Which Thomas Tupper sat on Sandwich's council of war in 1675, he or his father.
  1. ---
  2. name: Thomas Tupper
  3. aka: [Capt. Thomas Tupper Jr.]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Probably a son of Thomas Tupper of Sandwich and a brother of Katherine (Tupper) Nye; captain and
  8. town clerk of Sandwich, who married Martha Mayhew, daughter of Gov. Thomas Mayhew, in 1661. In King
  9. Philip's War he probably sat on Sandwich's council of war, and he served on its committee of 1677
  10. for the war's charges. He may have been the first Tupper missionary to the Indians. He died in
  11. 1706.
  12. born:
  13. date: 16 Jan [c. 1638]
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. note: "The research gives the year only as \"[c. 1638]\"."
  17. died:
  18. date: 26 Apr 1706
  19. place: Sandwich, Massachusetts
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. father:
  23. id: thomas-tupper-1578
  24. basis: compiled
  25. confidence: probable
  26. sources: [online-tree-sibert-ancestry]
  27. mother:
  28. id: anne-tupper-1586
  29. basis: compiled
  30. confidence: probable
  31. sources: [online-tree-sibert-ancestry]
  32. spouses:
  33. - name: Martha Mayhew, daughter of Gov. Thomas Mayhew
  34. married:
  35. date: 27 Dec 1661
  36. basis: documented
  37. confidence: proven
  38. basis: documented
  39. confidence: proven
  40. ---
  42. Thomas, probably a son of Thomas Tupper of Sandwich and a brother of Katherine (Tupper) Nye, married
  43. Martha, daughter of Gov. Thomas Mayhew, on 27 Dec 1661. He was captain and town clerk of Sandwich,
  44. and by Kardell's account he, not his father, was the first Tupper missionary to the Indians. His son
  45. Eldad, born on the last day of May 1675, was later pastor of the Indian church.
  47. **King Philip's War.** In 1675 Sandwich voted that "Thos. Tupper, Hy. Dillingham, Stephen Skiff,
  48. and Joshua Borgis be of the Council of War from this time" (Freeman, [*History of Cape
  49. Cod*](/files/sources/book-freeman-1862-history-of-cape-cod/) 2:68); the Thomas Tupper named was probably he, since
  50. his father was then ninety-seven. On 2 Sept 1675 the colony's council of war condemned 57 Indians who had "lately
  51. come in to Sandwich in a submissiue way" to "ppetuall servitude" and ordered them sold ([*Records of
  52. the Colony of New Plymouth*](/files/sources/records-plymouth-colony/) 5:174). His nephew Benjamin Nye was
  53. killed with Capt. Michael Pierce on 26 Mar 1676 (see [Benjamin Nye](/people/benjamin-nye-d1676/)),
  54. and two days later his father died; as clerk, Thomas entered the death. On 30 June 1677 "Rd. Bourne,
  55. Thos. Tupper, and Stephen Skiff were app. 'to take account of what ought justly to be satisfied for
  56. in reference to the war that hath already been'" (HCC 2:71), very probably he.
  58. He died at Sandwich on 26 Apr 1706. His will, proved 20 May 1706, was witnessed by "Mathias Ellis
  59. Senr" and William Bassett.
  61. ## Open questions
  63. - Which Thomas Tupper sat on Sandwich's council of war in 1675, he or his father.
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